Evangelistic Temple - Palestine, TX.

Under the New Covenant, honoring the Sabbath has nothing to do with physical work or a particular day of the week. It has everything to do with what Jesus accomplished on the cross.

The word judgment has taken on a negative connotation in our culture today, but what being under God's judgment means for His people is really good news.

God is giving us an opportunity to join Him in what He is wanting to do.

What Jesus did changed everything. The Christian life involves making adjustments to that change, but the motivation for those adjustments comes from what He has already accomplished.

Focusing our minds on what Jesus has done, enables us to live so different than the rest of the world. It empowers us to the higher way of living God has called us to.

Paul gives a list of instructions in this text, but by reading it through the lens of the gospel, we also discover more of what Jesus has done for us.

Jesus is going to return, and He wants us to be ready. It is good for us to keep His return in mind as we struggle through this broken world.

Sometimes we believe things because it's what we were taught, or because it's popular, or because it sounds good. But our belief should always be based solely on what the Scriptures say.